John McLean was David Addison but with a lot more guts and a lot more ammo. It's such an obvious contrivance, set up right from the beginning, but it's worked into the entire story so artfully that I have completely forgiven it every time I've seen the film. As good as Bruce Willis is, yes his character is somewhat two-dimensional, but he is also resourceful and world-weary and Willis handles this really well, it is Alan Rickman who steals the acting honours as Hans Gruber. Overall, a superb movie, not only the best of the Die Hard franchise but one of the best of the action genre. Bonnie Bedelia is great as McLean's straight laced, professional and estranged wife. But when a bomb goes off in a subway station right by the Federal Reserve the biggest gold storage in the world things start to get heated. This movie is considerably different from the other two, which is probably a good thing.
I'm not looking for the Oxford debating society here; but this stuff is really embarrassing. And I still root for him to get the bad guy, rescue his wife, save his marriage, and meet Al Powell even though I must have scene this movie 30 or 40 times already, and I know he's going to do it again the next time. Who else could make you smile in fear when he's diving out of a 30 story window attached to a fire hose while the roof of the building is exploding. I took a cab in Manhattan and I couldnt believe what was happening when my cabdriver followed a speeding ambulance through traffic. He doesn't stand a chance but Rickman is still brilliant as the bad guy. Not only is Jackson simply awesome in his role, he's likeable, tough, and hilarious, but he's also easy to sympathize with because he's not an action hero. My only real complaints with the plot are that the villain's scheme is preposterously intricate and the final showdown is over the top.
With no runway lights available, all aircraft have to remain in the air, with fuel running low, McClane will need to be fast. He says that McClane is going to do the tasks he assigns him. Unwittingly, Carver ends up embroiled in the Simon Says games with McClane, with increasingly serious stakes. I like Bruce Willis a lot, but I especially love Samuel L. A team of terrorists, led by Col.
The first movie set the template and the second didn't stray far from the original premise but I guess they felt that they had to change things up for the third entry. John McClane Bruce Willis is once again separated from his wife, and he's once again living and working as a cop in New York City. The terrorists are planning to rescue a drug lord from justice. Despite this change, the movie still calls back to the original by featuring a storyline that pits McClane against Simon Gruber Jeremy Irons , the brother of original villain Hans Gruber. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands. He doesn't know how to use a gun, he has no combat training, and he's never had to take on terrorists before.
With Die Hard 3, John McTiernan is back at the helm, as he was for Die Hard 1988 , and the result is once again a more serious action film containing some comic relief, of course with very taut internal logic. This time around, the events of the movie once again take place on Christmas Eve. John McTiernon The Hunt for Red October, Last Action Hero directs briskly and efficiently, and the pacing a vast majority of the time is exhilarating. The plot has as many twists and turns as a snake, and the movie keeps the viewer involved. That scene is one of the great things about Die Hard, not because it contributes anything to the action, but because it contributes everything to the characters. Granted, not everyone has a terrorist takeover of their office building to teach them not to take each other for granted, but it works here.
The terrorists are planning to rescue a drug lord from justice. That's not necessarily a bad thing, though, and there are certainly a lot worse buddies you could have than Samuel L. In order to do so, they have seized control of all electrical equipment affecting all planes. The film moves at a brisk pace with no shortage of action. Gruber is cold, calculating, suave and menacing, in my opinion only Rickman could do justice to such a character. I like that it stays closest to the spirit of the first movie, although others may be hoping for a bit more variety.
The combination of the two here is simply magical. Of all the bad luck, to be caught in the middle of a terrorist attack and then have to chase the bad guys around a 40-story building, all without shoes. Focusing on this aspect, Carver provides more of a dependable, even-keeled balance. Still Bedelia is a great female lead and her character is strong and not at all misused in the role. After all you had The Terminator, Commando, Top Gun, Roadhouse.
Defying the odds, detective John McClane Bruce Willis once again finds himself having to almost single-handedly take down a team of terrorists who have placed his wife in immediate danger along with several others. William Atherton has to be mentioned even though it's a very small role, it's Die Hard history that he plays slimy, tabloid reporter Richard Thornburg who gets his just end by Holly McLean's fist which becomes a running joke in the series. Nowhere is this more obvious than what passes for dialogue. While they are at the Nakatomi headquarters for a Christmas party, a group of robbers led by Hans Gruber take control of the building and hold everyone hostage, with the exception of John, while they plan to perform a lucrative heist. At this point, we've seen four sequels of somewhat varied quality. For one thing the action is explosive and consistently exciting, and the cinematography is astounding being very inventive and colourful.